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John Fetterman: “Federal workers have had to borrow more than a third of a…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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'It's embarrassing, honestly': Fetterman hits Democrats over shutdown strategy

Published | Video Starts at 02:46

I sure hope so. I mean, this is an absolute Fail, actually. It's embarrassing, honestly, if we can't even kind of keep the lights on like this. And now reminding everybody Federal workers have had to borrow more than a third of a billion dollars just to pay their own bills. I mean, those are the kinds of workers that make this. And they're really suffering now, too. And now people now can't count on their SNAP benefits. (02:46–02:53)

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Asserts that federal workers have borrowed over a third of a billion dollars during the shutdown.

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